Shoe plate



l. JAFFE ET AL 2,005,503

SHOE PLATE Filed Feb. 26, 1954 -FIG- 3 July 2, 1935.

JW 3mm 4 x W f i-i Patented July 2, 1935 PATENT OFFICE SHOE PLATEIsadore Jaife, Cleveland, and Louis G. Dingeldey,

Euclid Village, Ohio; to said Jafie said Dingeldey assignor ApplicationFebruary 26, 1934, Serial No. 712,872

1 Claim.

This invention relates to supports for shoes and the like, andparticularly to'a plate that may be conveniently applied within the shoeto assist in securing the heel to the shoe, and to hold the 5 inner andouter soles together at the heel of the shoe.

Heretofore one form of heel securing plate has comprised a metallicplate that has been attached to the heel by a screw, which extendsthrough the center of the plate. Such plate terminated adjacent theforward end of the heel and consequently presented a relatively sharpedge transversely of the foot, and therefore, made it considerablyuncomfortable for the wearer. In addition, the 15 use of a centralfastening screw has not been entirely satisfactory for the heel couldstill be twisted with reference to the shoe and thus, be easily brokenoff.

An object of our invention is to provide a heel plate of the characterdescribed, which will not only serve to hold the heel satisfactorily inplace, but which will act as a cushion and conform to the shape of thefoot, so as to avoid a sharp transversely extending edge near theinstep. In addition, we contemplate a non-metallic structure, which willbe extremely light in weight, and yet, will have suflicient rigidity toretain a shape that will provide a slight cushion for the heel.

Referring now to the drawing, Fig. 1 is a top 30 plan view of a plateembodying our invention;

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2--2 in Fig. 1;

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are sections taken on the correspondingly numberedlines in Fig. 2, and Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a shoe partly brokenaway to 35 show the plate.

Referring now to the drawing, l indicates a shoe of the usual form andconstruction that has an inner sole, a lining, a counter, an upper andan outer sole of the usual type. The heel is indi- 40 cated at H, and isusually of wood, and is held to the outer sole by glue, attached nailsand the like.

Our invention embodies a plate preferably of hard fibre that has acontour, which corresponds to the interior of the shoe adjacent the heeland 45 that has suflicient length to extend beyond the heel anddownwardly over the instep portion of the shoe. The plate, in general,is indicated at 15, as having small spaced openings l6 adjacent the heelfor the insertion of attaching nails, and

additional openings l1 adjacent the forward end for facilitatingattachment to the shoe adjacent the instep. The plate is intended toprovide a cushion for the wearer, or at least to conform as nearly aspossible to the shape of the foot, and to this end, we curve the platedownwardly both in a longitudinal and transverse direction. This ispreferably accomplished by bending the marginal edges of the platedownwardly, and providing a flange 20 that extends around the curvedportion at the rear of the plate and terminates near the midportion ofit.

p The flange 29, as heretofore stated, terminates adjacent the point 2|so that from such point to the point 22, which is at the transverse bendof the plate, the edges 23 are smooth, as is shown in Fig. 4. From thepoint 22 however, to the foremost edge 24, we prefer to utilizerelatively small flanges 25, as shown in Fig. so as to accentuate theconcave-convex portion forwardly of the bending line.

By bending the plate downwardly adjacent the instep, we terminate theplate in a region which cannot be felt by the wearer, and thus, weevercome the objection which has been inherent in former plates. Inaddition, we relieve the strain on the heel attaching members byproviding for the use of attaching nails at the" forward end of theplate. The hard fibre out of which the material is preferably made hasresulted in a plate that is extremely light in construction, and thatcan if necessary be modified by the craftsman to fit any particularshoe.

We claim:-

A heel plate, comprising a relatively thin plate 5 of hard fibrousmaterial, having the characteristic of deformability by the weight ofthe wearer, and having a contour, which conforms to the shape of theinterior part of the shoe and having sulficient length to projectdownwardly, and under 4 the instep of the wearer, and having nail holesarranged in spaced relationship over the heel and in the forward portionof said plate, said plate being curved downwardly around its heelengaging periphery to form a down turned flange and having a concaveheel receiving surface moulded therein.

ISADORE JAFFE. LOUIS G. DINGELDEY.

